Enamel Matrix Derivative and TGF-Beta 1 Target Genes in Human Tongue Carcinoma Cells

Enamel Matrix Derivative and TGF-Beta 1 Target Genes in Human Tongue Carcinoma Cells

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Q: Is the topic relevant to the journal area of interest? Is it contemporary and interesting for researchers?

A: Excellent

 

Abstract & Keywords

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A: Very good

 

Goal

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A: Very good

 

Structure

Q: Is the paper's structure coherent? Is it in coherence with the goal of the paper?

A: Very good

 

Tools and Methods

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A: Very good

 

Discussion & Conclusion

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A: Very good

 

Comments:

The study is well designed and executed. Methods and Results are adequately described. The Discussion offers a thorough and detailed analysis of the findings of the present study taking all the relevant literature into account. 

 

Literature

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A: Very good

 

Author's knowledge

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Length

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A: Very good

 

Figures & Tables

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A: Very good

Comments: The legends for supplementary tables S1 and S2 were missing and were therefore inserted as S1: Genes statistically significantly (P<0.05) up-regulated and down-regulated after 6 h of TGF-beta 1 treatment; S2: Genes statistically significantly (P<0.05) up-regulated and down-regulated after 24 h of TGF-beta 1 treatment.

 

 

Writing style

Q: Is it clear and understandable?

A: Very good

Comments: A few minor issues were noted –

·       In the 4th sentence of the Abstract, “200 microg/ml” must be replaced with “200 µg/ml” to maintain consistency in the manuscript.

·       In the 2nd paragraph of the Introduction, in the 2nd sentence, “showed” must be replaced with “shown”, and in the last sentence, “suggest” must be replaced with “suggests”.

·       In the 1st sentence of the 3rd paragraph of the Introduction, “acts also” must be replaced with “also acts”.

·       “,” before “that” must be removed, e.g., after “concluded” in the last sentence of the 3rd paragraph of the Introduction, after “shown” in the 1st sentence of the 4th paragraph of the Introduction, and so on.

·       In Microarray sample preparation and hybridization under Materials and Methods, in the 5th sentence of “Qiagen” is misspelled.

·       Commas and articles (a, an, or the) were missing in several places.

 

Further comments on the paper

Comments: This study was the first microarray to compare the effects of enamel matrix derivative (EMD) and TGF-beta 1 on highly malignant invasive oral carcinoma cells (HSC-3). TGF-beta 1 was found to be more effective and showed a different gene expression pattern compared with EMD for 6h and 24h incubations. Both EMD and TGF-beta 1 statistically significantly induced the expression of MMP-9, but their effects on MMP-1 and -10 varied.

 

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Author Info

Corresponding Author
Matti Mauramo
Department of Pathology, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland

Article Info

Article Type
Research Article
Publication history
Received: Thu 10, Dec 2020
Accepted: Sat 26, Dec 2020
Published: Thu 31, Dec 2020
Copyright
© 2023 Matti Mauramo. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Hosting by Science Repository.
DOI: 10.31487/j.DOBCR.2020.06.05